=18.= _the altar of incense_] 2 Chronicles xxvi. 16; Exodus xxx. 1‒10. _the chariot_, even _the cherubim_] Compare Ezekiel i. 5‒10, 15‒17. The Cherubim were poetically conceived as the chariot of Jehovah. The phrase has its origin in the language of Psalms xviii. 10. ¹⁹All this, _said David_, have I been made to understand in writing¹ from the hand of the LORD, even all the works of this pattern. ¹ Or, _the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even &c._ =19.= _All this_, said David, _have I been made to understand in writing from the hand of the LORD, even all the works of this pattern_] Compare verse 11, note. As in the case of Moses and the tabernacle (Exodus xxv. 9, 40), so David’s plans for the Temple are said to be of Divine origin. ²⁰And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD be finished. =20.= _Be strong_] God’s help in the planning is a pledge of God’s help in the accomplishment. Compare verse 10, which finds its continuation at this point. The work was great, and Solomon young; xxii. 5. _be finished_] The LXX. shows that a passage which was present in the Hebrew text of the second century has been later accidentally omitted from the Hebrew at this point. Add therefore =Now behold the pattern of the porch= _of the temple_ =and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the house of the mercy-seat, even the pattern of the house of the Lord=. Torrey, _Ezra Studies_, pp. 73, 87. ²¹And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment. =21.= _every willing man that hath skill_] Compare Exodus xxxv. 5, 10 ff. CHAPTER XXIX. =1‒5.= DAVID’S CHALLENGE TO LIBERALITY. ¹And David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. =1.= _congregation_] or, _assembly_; the Hebrew word is cognate to the verb translated _assembled_ in xxviii. 1. _whom alone God hath chosen_] Compare xxviii. 5.